Amphisbaena gonavensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphisbaenia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Superfamilia: Amphisbaenia

Holotype: YPM 3384, ♂, collected by Philip S. Humphreys on February-April 1959.

Type locality: “Point-à-Roquettes, Gonave Island, Haiti”.

Amphisbaena innocens gonavensis Gans & Alexander, 1962: 111 [original combination, as subspecies]
Amphisbaena gonavensis — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 559 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Gans, C. & Alexander, A.A. 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 128(3): 65–158. BHL Reference page.

Hedges, B., Inchaustegui, S. & Landestoy, M. 2016. IUCN: Amphisbaena gonavensis (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74855790A115480729. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74855790A75171316.en

English: Gonave Worm Lizard

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